Big Stone Gap High School - School Bell Yearbook (Big Stone Gap, VA)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1956 volume:

Tke ScW M ojj 1956 PRESENTED BY THE SENIORS of BIG STONE GAP HIGH SCHOOL BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA FOREWORD We, the Seniors of 1956, bring to you a Memory Book, a story ' of a year at Big Stone Gap High. We hope that in the years to come that, through it, you may — greet old friends, teachers, and students, climb ladders to decorate for the Prom , give fifteen rahs for the Buccaneers, hum the Battle Hymn of the Republic and Oklahoma with the Glee Club, blister your hands picking daisies, swell up with pride as the Band marches down the street, and aboard the bus at 10:00 p.m. for the eventful trip to Washington. If you can do these, then our efforts in partly recording what has taken place, will have been worthwhile. the school . . . where we work and play TPTBlfe ALMA MATER Hail to Big Stone Alma Mater Great and noble school. How we love thee, Alma Mater Ever bold and true! Dear ole Big Stone, here we honor Of our- love we ' ll sing Keep our spirits ever brighter Brighter yet for thee! — Auditorium, Gymnasium, Grammar Grade Building Club House . . . place for school parties A . MISS EMMA DUNCAN We Seniors gratefully dedicate this twenty-seventh Edition of the School Bell to Miss Emma Duncan: Who by her wise council and friendliness has shown interest in each of us— Who has demonstrated her unending effort to make Big Stone Gap High School a better school— Who has given us encouragement during the times we needed it most— Who has unselfishly played her role as a teacher for more than a quarter of a century. SchrnL Bell Stcfifr Liddle, Reasor, Turner Editor SHIRLEY REASOR Associate Editors SUE LIDDLE PHYLLIS TURNER Business Managers SHIRLEY ISAAC ROGER DAUGHERTY NANCY HAGY Art Editor MARY LOU JOHNSTON Sports Editors JANICE REDWINE JOHNNY CARTY Isaac, Daugherty, Hagy Snapshot Editor Class Representatives Typists Sponsor .... BARBARA BENTLEY ...... FONDA POTTER BETTY SUE EDWARDS MASON COLLIER JUDY REDWINE . DELORES HASH ELLEN HACKNEY LORA DINGUS Mary Lou Johnston DR. J. J. KELLY, JR. MR. HARLEY STALLARD BAILEY Dr. J. J. Kelly, Jr., the Division Superintendent of Wise County Schools, has made Progress the keynote of the schools under his supervision. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and holds an L. L. D. degree from Milligan College. Mr. Harley Stallard, our Principal, attended Milligan College and has a B. S. degree from Radford College, and a M. S. degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. MRS. PATSY ARNOLD Mr. Ralph Renshaw who represents Big Stone Gap District on the School Board is a g raduate of the University of Missouri. Dr. Kelly, with the School Board which consists of Mr. Ralph Renshaw, Big Stone Gap District; Mr. James Lipps, Gladeville District; Dr. Frank Handy, Chairman of the Board, Richmond District; Mr. Earl Hilton, Lipps District; and Mr. E. D. Ireson, Roberson District. Mrs. Patsy Arnold, a graduate of Appalachia High School is the Principal ' s secretary. HORNE GIBBS GILLIAM HOWARD MADDUX BROADWATER BROOKS COX DINGUS DORTON find Tztcujkty Mr. Joe Bailey, who has an A. B. from Georgetown College, sponsors a Junior Class and teaches English 8, 10, arid 12. Miss Sarah Broadwater, a Junior Sponsor, has a B. A. degree from Hollins College and teaches Algebra 9 and 10, Math 8, and Civics 12. Mrs. Wilma Brooks, with a B. S. degree from Lincoln Memorial University, is a Sophomore adviser and teaches Algebra 9, Math 8, Business Arithmetic, and Physics. She is also a co-sponsor of the Hi-Y Club. Miss Faith Cox holds a B. S. degree from Radford College and teaches English 8, 11, and History 11. She is a Sophomore adviser and co-sponsor of the Hi-Y Club. Miss Lora Dingus, who has an A. B. from Emory and Henry, is the sponsor of the Senior Class, Roman Club, W s OB, and the School Bell. She teaches Latin, Chemistry, Trigonometry, Algebra 10, Plane and Solid Geometry, and Advanced Algebra. Mr. Pete Dorton teaches Distributive Education and sponsors its club. He has a B. S. degree from East Tennessee State College. Mr. Jack Gibbs, who directs the Glee Club and sponsors the Safety Patrol, W 8 OB, Camera Club, and an Eighth Grade, holds a B. S. degree from Appalachian State Teachers College. He is a Guidance Director and teaches Biology and Civics 12. Miss Mildred Gilliam, a graduate of Emory and Henry College with a B. S. degree, teaches English 8 and 9 and is an adviser for an Eighth Grade. Mrs. Kathleen K. Horne, with a B. S. from William and Mary College, teaches Home Economics. She has charge of the school lunchroom and sponsors the F. H. A. Miss Helen Howard teaches Physical Education and Civics 8 and is an Eighth Grade adviser. She holds a B. S. degree from Lincoln Memorial University. Mr. Cecil Maddux, with a B. S. degree from East Tennessee State Col- lege, teaches Science 8 and Math 8. He sponsors a Freshman class and is assistant football coach. Mr. Vernon Polly, the boy ' s basketball coach, teaches Civics 8, Geography, and Science 8. He sponsors a Freshman class and has a B. S. degree from Lincoln Memorial University. Miss Billie Jean Scott has an A. B. degree from Lincoln Memorial University. She is Librarian and teaches Spanish 11 and 12 and sponsors the Los Conquistadores and the Jolly Roger. Miss Beth Siphers, with a B. S. degree from the University of Tennessee, sponsors the V. O. T. Club and teaches Vocational Office Training and Short- hand. Mr. Burchell Stallard is our football coach and girls ' basketball coach. He has. a B. S. degree from Milligan College and a M. A. degree from George Peabody College. He teaches Science 9, Driv- ing, and Physical Education. Mrs. Evelyn Whitt, an Eighth Grade adviser, teaches General Business and Typing. She has a B. S. degree from Mary Washington College. POLLY SCOTT SIPHERS STALLARD WHITT 3oilg JOLLY ROGER STAFF Editor ... TOBY PERDUE Business Manager GLENDA SNODGRASS News Editor RHEA BALL Fashion Editor LILY ORR ASSISTANTS Editor BETTY RUTHERFORD Business Manager KEITH JOHNSTON News Editor ZELMA HORTON Fashion Editor MARTHA WREN Feature Editor CAROL CALLAHAN Sports Editors BRENDA TATE JIM BUCHANAN Feature Editor JOANNE MACAULEY Typists MARY JANE MESSER DOROTHY BARKER Art Editor MARY LOU JOHNSTON DELORES HASH Circulation Manager GERLINE AKENS SHIRLEY REASOR Sports Editors ... FONDA POTTER BUDDY ANDERSON REPORTERS Adviser ...... MISS BILLIE JEAN SCOTT Senior CAROLYN MASTERS Junior NANCY HAGY Sophomore MARGIE WITT Freshman LA NETTE GOLDEN Eighth Grade EMMA COLLINS SHIRLEY MILLER Seventh Grade KENNETH AKENS JILL BANNER JANE DRAPER Sixth Grade PHYLLIS BELTON LYNETTE ESTEP SAMMIE McCHESNEY Fifth Grade ALMA JUNE COOPER DANNY HILL DONNA STEWART Left to Right— Seated: Shirley Reasor, Delores Hash, Betty Rutherford, Dorothy Barker, Mary Jane Messer. Standing: Jim Buchanan, Martha Wren, Brenda Tate, Zelma Horton, Carol Callahan, Keith Johnston. Left to Right— Seated: Shirley Miller, Margie Witt Carolyn Masters, Nancy Hagy, La Nette Golden. Standing: Donna Stuart, Emma Jean Collins, Jane Draper, Phyllis Belton, Ken- neth Akens, Jill Banner, Lynette Estep, Alma June Cooper, Danny Hill, Sammie McChesney. SHIRLEY GAY AYRES Quiet sincere, and liked by all F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; V. O. T. 4. DOROTHY HOPE BARKER May look timid and shy; but a friend on whom you may rely. Glee Club 2, 3, 4; D. E. Club 4 (Sec.-Treas.); Hi-Y 4; F. H. A. 2. 3; Jolly Roger Staff 4 (Typist); WgOB. PAUL WILTON BENNETT Young fellows will be young fel- lows. Camera Club 1; Glee Club l;WgOB. ANITA LOUISE CLARK ROBERTA ANN CLARK KENNETH EDWARD COOPER Speech is great, but silence is As merry as the day is long. greater. Pennington High School 1; Glee Pennington High School 1; F. H. A. Club 3, 4; F. H. A. 3, 4 (Secretary 4 (Historian 4) Hi-Y Club 4 (Re- 4); Basketball 2, 3, 4; Varsity Club porter 4) WgOB. 3, 4; Cheerleader 4; WgOB. For he that is once good is ever great. Key Club 2, 3, 4 (Secretary 4); Firefighters 4; Annual Representa- tive 2. BARBARA ANN BENTLEY The little things of life are all so sweet. Roman Club 1, 2; F. H. A. 1, 2, 4; Camera Club 2, 3, 4 (Vice-President ' 3; President 4); Jolly Roger Staff 2, 3, 4, (Ass ' t. Editor 2; Editor 3; Memo. Editor 4); Hi-Y 4; Annual Staff 4; W g OB. PATSY FAYE BURKE A smile for all, a greeting glad. V. O. T. 4 (Secretary); F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4 (Secretary 3); Basketball 2, 3; Librarian 3; WgOB. JOHN SCOTT CARTY Live and laugh as he can. Band 2, 3, 4 (1st Lieut. 4); Spanish Club 3, 4 (President 4); Firefighters 2, 3, 4; Camera Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 4; Key Club 4; W o 0B, School Bell Staff 4. 8 C cMA ROGER ALAN DAUGHERTY CHARLENE COX Let mildness ever attend thy tongue. Safety Patrol 1, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; F. H. A. 1, 2; Librarian 3, 4 ; Hi-Y Club 4; WgOB. Staff 4 (Manager); Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Club 4; WgOB. MARY HELEN DALTON Happy is she as if every day she picks up a horseshoe. F. H. A. 1, 2; V. O. T. 4 (Historian 4); Safety Patrol 4; WgOB. I agree with no man ' s opinions I have some of my own. Football 1, 2, 3. 4; Basketball 3; Key Club 2, 3, 4 (Sgt-at-Arms 4); Glee Club 2, 3, 4 (President 4); Roman Club 1, 2 (Sec.-Treas. 1); Firefighters EMMA JEAN DINGUS Silence is more eloquent than words. F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; WgOB. BETTY DULANEY Friendship is constant in all other things. Roman Club 1, 2,- Hi-Y Club 4; V. O. T. Club 4; Basketball 4. JOHN EDWARD DYE Laugh and the world laughs with you. Key Club 3, 4 (Treas. 4); Glee Club 2, 3, 4 (Sgt.-at-Arms 2; Vice-Pres. 4); Camera Club 2, 3, 4; Spanish Club 2, 3, 4 (Vice-Pres. 2; Treas. 3); Safety Patrol 2, 3; Football 2, 4; Varsity Club 4; Class Officers (Vice- Pres. 1, 3; Pres. 4); Baseball 3, 4; W fl OB. MARY RENA GALLIHAR If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being. F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; (President 4); Hi-Y 4; Librarian 4; WgOB. ROBERT LEWIS GARRISON All I can say is— I saw it. JAMES KEITH GILLIAM A gay, likable fellow who is liked by everyone. Glee Club 2, 3 (President 3); Foot- ball 3; Baseball 2; Firefighters 3; Class Vice-President 2; W OB. CAMPBELL SLEMP EDMONDS He lives to learn in life ' s hard school. Camera Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Football 1, 2; Firefighters 2,. 3, 4; Roman Club 1, 2, 3; W OB. 8 ELIZABETH ANN EDWARDS She walks in beauty like the night. Spanish Club 2, 3, (Honorary Mem- ber 4); Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; WgOB. MARY RUTH FRALEY She is smiling from morning to night; we know her future will always be bright. East Stone High School 1, 2, 3; Student Council 1, 2; Latin Club 1, 2 (Treas. 2); Debate Club 1; Home Ec. 1; Basketball 1, 2; Chemistry Club 2, 3 (Sec-Treas. 3); Green Wave Staff 3; Commercial Club 3; Booster Club 1; Big Stone Gap High School 3, 4; Cheerleader 4; Basket- ball 3, 4 ; Varsity Club 4; WgOB. C cU VL ELLEN CATHERINE HACKNEY Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eyes; in every gesture dignity and love. Clinchport High School 1, 2; Spanish Club 3, 4 ; Glee Club 3, 4; School Bell Staff 4 (Typist); WgOB. DELORES MARIE HASH Genius does what it must and talent what it can. Roman Club I, 2; Jolly Roger Staff 4 (Typist); Annual Staff 4 (Typist); WgOB. SUSIE GERALDINE HERRON Slow and steady wins the race. Roman Club 1; D. E. Club 3, 4 (Sec- Treas. 3). . : Q JACKIE BENTON HILL SHIRLEY JEAN ISAAC MARY LOUISE JOHNSTON Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Varsity Club 4; Safety Patrol 1, 2; Firefighters 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Spanish Club 3; D. E. Club 4 (Presi- dent); Key Club 4. She sits high in all the people ' s hearts. Roman Club 1, 2 (Vice-Pres. 2); Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; F. H. A. 1 (Treas.); Camera Club 2, 3, 4 (Sec. 3); Span- ish Club 3, 4 (Pres. 3; Sec.-Treas. 4); Jolly Roger 2, 3 (Business Mgr. 3); Annual Staff 3, 4 (Ass ' t Editor 3; Business Mgr. 4); Cheerleader 4; Varsity Club 4- Fler very frowns are fairer than the smiles of other maidens are. Pennington High School 1, 2; Pa- per Staff 2 (Art Editor); Girls ' State 3; Jolly Roger Staff 3, 4 (Art Editor); Annual Staff 4 (Art Editor); Class offices: Reporter 1, Vice-President 4; Hi-Y 4 (Pres); WgOB. MARY ALICE LIGHT Teach me half the gladness she must know. Appalachia High School 1, 2, 3; F. H. A. 1; Latin Club 1, 2; Basketball 3; Booster Club 2, 3; Junior Play 3; Library Club 2; Safety Patrol 2, 3; Big Stone Gap High School 3, 4; Basketball 4; Varsity Club 4; D. E. ub 4 (Vice-Pres.); Camera Club 4; 8 ob. CAROLYN FAYE MASTERS A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. Spanish Club 3, 4; Jolly Roger Staff 4 (Reporter); Annual Staff 3 (Ass ' t. Business Mgr.); W OB. MARY JANE MESSER Better to be small and shine, than large and cast a shadow. Roman Club 1; Jolly Roger Staff 4 (Typist); WgOB. J. LINCOLN KISER Why take life seriously— we never get out alive anyway. Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 (Treas. 3); Varsity Club 3, 4; Key Club 2, 3, 4 (Pres. 4; Lt. Gov. 4); Firefighter 1, 2, 3, 4; Boys ' State 3; Jolly Roger Staff 2, 3; Basketball 3, 4; Class President 2, 3. ROY RANDOLPH LASTER I am out of the ladies ' company, like a fish out of water. Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4 (All-District 4); Basketball 3; Var- sity Club 3, 4; D. E. Club 4 (Report- er); Class Sec.-Treas 1, 2; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Firefighters 3, 4; W g OB. SUE FRANCES LIDDLE Her voice was like the stars had when they sang together. Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4 (Capt. 4); All State Band 3, 4; Roman Club 1, 2; Spanish Club 3, 4; Safety Patrol 4; Class Treas. 4; Annual Staff 4 (Ass ' t Ed.),- Girls ' State; W OB. 8 NORMA JEAN MORELOCK In the fall, a young girl ' s fancy lightly turns to basketball. V. O. T. 4 (Treas.); Varsity Club 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; F. H. A. 2, 3; Hi-Y Club 4; Safety Patrol 3; MARGARET ANN MUMPOWER Full of fun and happy, and gay; tosses her head and goes on her way. Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 (Capt. 4); Var- sity Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Roman Club 1, 2; Safety Patrol 3, 4 (Capt. 4); Jolly Roger Staff 2, 3; Band 2, 3, 4; W OB. RONALD DEAN McQUERY This is our captain; are we proud! For him we ' ll sing praises long and loud. Football 2, 3, 4 (Co-Captain 4; All District 4); Key Club 4; D. E. Club 4 (Parliamentarian); Basketball 2, 3 (Ass ' t Mgr. 2); Firefighters 3, 4; Varsity Club 3, 4 (President 4). JOSEPHINE NOBLE SHIRLEY ANITA REASOR A kind and gentle heart she had. F. H. A. 1, 2, 4 ; WgOB. Beauty lives with kindness. Roman Club 1, 2; Camera Club 1, 2, 3, 4 (Treasurer 2, 3, 4); Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Safety Patrol 4; Jolly Roger Staff 4 (Typist 4); School Bell Staff 4 (Editor); W p OB; Best Citizen 4. 8 JANICE SUE REDWINE I ' ve taken my fun where I ' ve found it. Roman Club 1, 2; F. H. A. 1, 2; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Safety Patrol 2, 3 (Lt. 3); Band 1, 2; Camera Club 2, 3, 4; Class Officer (Vice-Pres. 2); Jolly Ro- ger Staff 2, 3; Girls ' State 3, An- nual Staff 3; WgOB. MICKAEL TERRANCE SLEMP Wise, foolish — so am I. Band 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sgt 1, 2; Drum Major 3, 4; All State 3); Firefighters 2, 3; WgOB. BOBBY GENE TAYLOR On my honor I will try to do my best; to pass and get out of this mess. Firefighters 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4. CAROL JEAN WARF Fler heart is warm with the friends she makes. Varsity Club 4; Cheerleader 4; Camera Club 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4 ; Roman Club 1, 2; F. H. A. 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Treas. 3; Class Sec. 4; Jolly Roger Staff 3; Safety Patrol 2, 3, 4; WoOB. REBA JEAN RIGGS She was as good as she was fair. East Stone High School 1, 2, 3; F. H. A. 2; Roman Club 1; Debate Club 1, 2; Glee Club 1; Big Stone Gap High School 3, 4 ; F. H. A. 2, 3, 4; Hi-V 4; D. E. Club 4 (Historian); GEORGE D SALAITA Full of pep and fun, a trouble- maker on the run. Football 2, 3, 4; Varsity Club 4; Key Club 3, 4; Firefighters 3, 4; Spanish Club 3, 4 ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4,- Baseball 1, 2, 4; JAMES FRANKLIN REVILLA He knows, and he alone, knows what he knows. Glee Club 4; Firefighters 1, 2, 3, 4 (Capt. 3); Camera Club 4; Spanish Club 2; W q OB. C dAA SHIRLEY LEE WILLIAMS WILLIAM HENNING She has a heart as sound as a WREN, III bell. Life without mischief is no life at F. H. A. 2, 3; Roman Club 1, WgOB. all. Key Club 3, 4 ; Varsity Club 4; Glee Culb 4; Firefighters 3, 4; Boys ' State 3,- Football Manager 4 JOHN ROBERT WELLS Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President Vice-President: Secretary Treasurer Sponsor .... JOHNNY DYE MARY LOU JOHNSTON .... CAROL WARF .... SUE LIDDLE MISS LORA DINGUS Liddle, Johnston, Dye and Warf SENIOR CLASS HISTORY As we, the members of the graduating class of 1956, are planning to leave our cherished Alma Mater, and to take our places among the alumni, we look wistfully back over our school days at dear ole ' B.S.G. to reminisce Of the forty-eight of us, twenty have traveled the long road together. They are: Johnny Carty, Kenneth Cooper, Mary Helen Dalton, Roger Daugherty, Betty Dulaney, John Dye, Ann Edwards, Rena Gallihar, Bob Garrison, Jack Hill, Shirley Isaac, Roy Laster, Carolyn Masters, Dean McQuery, Mary Jane Messer, Norma Morelock, Shirley Reasor, Janice Redwine, George Salaita, and Shirley Williams. As members of the Eighth Grade class, we were unable to participate in the activities but looked forward to and dreamed of the day we would enter high school. At last our Freshman year arrived and we began to take part in the school activities. Our Sophomore year flew by and before we realized it we were dreamy Juniors. It was during this year that we sold magazine subscriptions to help us with the expense of our annual. We selected our rings, with a choice of red or blue stone. We decorated the gym for the prom and picked daisies for the daisy chain. It was while walking down the aisle at commencment beside the Seniors that we realized that next year we would be walking down the aisle for the last time as happy Seniors. Janice Redwine, Sue Liddle, Mary Lou Johnston, Roger Daugherty, Lincoln Kiser, and Bill Wren were our representatives to Girls ' State and Boys ' State at V. P. I. in July where they spent a week studying our government and enjoying many other activities. At last! We became Seniors in the fall of 1955. This was the year of which we had dreamed. Our long-awaited rings arrived in September, and later we chose our invitations. We felt graduation to be very near. In March, we had our Senior play, which was a great success directed by Miss Billy Scott and Miss Faith Cox. Many of us took advantage of the long anticipated trip to Washington with the WgOB. Later came the prom. This year we at- tended as guests. At mid-term we lost one of our Seniors, Faye Johnson, to the bonds of matrimony. Shirley Reasor was chosen as our Best Citizen. She represented us in the best citizenship contest sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Later we were the guests of the Alumni at the Annual Alumni Banquet. We feel that our Senior year with the guidance of our capable sponsor. Miss Dingus, has been a very successful one. Thus ends on graduation night, the final year for the class of ' 56— with smiles and tears for new adventure and for memories and friends left behind. We close our books of knowl- edge with a sigh, and realize that with the foundation gained during these twelve years, and with God ' s help, we shall try to make America a better place in which to live. We shall remember Big Stone Gap High School as our guiding star. SENIOR CLASS PLAY FINDERS CREEPERS Wilbur Maxwell (pocket-sized version of atomic bomb) BILL WREN Hercules Nelson (Wilbur ' s bosom pal) JOHN DYE Celeste Nelson (Hercules ' cute cousin) JANICE REDWINE Nina Quigley (Bright spot in Hercules ' usually blackened eye) SHIRLEY REASOR Frankie Nelson (a real live-wire) SUE LIDDLE Aunt Mary (.Hercules ' aunt) MARY RUTH FRALEY Uncle Bob (the mortician) LINCOLN KISER Granny (a real hep cat) SHIRLEY ISAAC Mr. Quigley (another hep cat) JOHNNY CARTY Dr. Brown (winning smile and cordial disposition) ROGER DAUGHERTY Madeline (Mr. Quigley ' s sister) ANN EDWARDS Harry Schuster (Madeline ' s lawyer friend) JACK HILL Daphne (the maid) MARY ALICE LIGHT Claude (the caretaker) PAUL BENNETT Henry (helper) KENNETH COOPER JUNIOR CLASS As classes began in the fall of 1955, we, the members of the Junior Class, realized that we had finally reached the year that promised so much. As the weeks flew by, we saw our dreams coming true under the very capable guidance of our sponsors. Miss Broad- water and Mr. Bailey. Many of our class were active in the field of sports. On the gridiron were: Buddy Bull Anderson, Guy Boo Buchanan, Don Bush, Scotty Combs, Bobby Dean, Jack Estep, Don Garrison, and Chester Palmer. Those playing Basketball were: Nancy Hagy, Toby Perdue, Fonda Potter, Phyllis Sizemore, Buddy Anderson, Chester Palmer, and managers Nancey Edmonds and Ronald Coomer. Some of our boys also played baseball. Not only did we have participants in sports, but many of our members entered into the various clubs and activities around school. One of the highlights of the year was the selecting of our class rings. This was done with much thought, and finally the one was chosen to be worn with pride as Seniors and as graduates as a symbol of our achievement. Soon after mid-term exams the Juniors found themselves in the role of salesmen. The net profit from the magazines sold will greatly help in the production of the School Bell next year. The proceeds from our bake sale and other projects made possible the annual Junior-Senior Prom. Then in April, after many weeks of preparation, the big night for our prom finally came. This gala event left us with another cherished memory of our high school days. The last week of school found us very busy making the traditional Daisy Chain which we carried in the processional. Commencement Night. Thus the third chapter of our high school work is completed. unurc CLoaa Campbell, Perdue, Macauley, Anderson ROW 1: ROW 2: BUDDY ANDERSON RONALD AYRES RHEA BALL GUY BUCHANAN DON BUSH JACK CAMPBELL BETTY COLE DONALD COLLINS SCOTTY COMBS RONALD COOMER BOBBY DEAN SYBIL DICKENSON NANCEY EDMONDS JACKIE ESTEP KENNETH ESTEPPE 1 PAULINE FIELDS MARGARET GALLOWAY DON GARRISON JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS President ... JACK CAMPBELL Vice President BUDDY ANDERSON Secretary JOANNE MACAULEY Treasurer TOBY ANNE PERDUE Sponsors MISS SARAH BROADWATER MR. JOE BAILEY ROW 3: KEASTER GRINDSTAFF NANCY HAGY CHARLES JOHNSON ETTA JOHNSON G. J. JOHNSON JOANNE LAMBERT JOANNE MACAULEY douglas McDaniel ROW 4: MARTHA McKAUGHAN NANCY MULLINS CAROL NEELY LILY ANNE ORR CHESTER PALMER BETTY PARROTT TOBY ANNE PERDUE HARRY PHILLIPS ROW 5: FONDA POTTER BILL ROGERS NANCY RUSH ROW 6: ROW 7: PHYLLIS SIZEMORE GLENDA SNODGRASS DELORES TOMLINSON MARVIN TUCKER PHYLLIS TURNER BREND V YOUELL Sophorriorij d, Collins, Davidson, Kelly SOPHOMORE OFFICERS President JOHNNY COLLINS Vice President LEE KELLY Secretary-Treasurer SAMMY DAVIDSON Sponsors MISS FAITH COX MRS. WILMA BROOKS Sixty-four enthusiastic sophomores took their places to begin the new school year. The newness of high school had begun to fade when the Freshman year had gone, and the Junior year with all the activi- ties was just ahead. This was the year of work and preparation for the finishing years of high school. Ours was a diversified class with representation in every school organization. To mention iust a few examples, some were: that agile, ball snatching Wayne Coomer on the basketball court; the Lions Club choice for a Bland Memorial Scholarship— Brenda Tate, a member of that group of musicians, The Sofisticats ; Speedy Davidson, Parky Tucker, and Dicky Fogg making the opponents well aware of their presence on the gridiron; some of the pulchritude of our class selling peanuts, cokes, and candy for the Camera Club; many lifting their voices in song with the Glee Club; and Betty Sue Edwards, our majorette, doing capers in front of the Band. We wish to express our appreciation to our sponsors, Mrs. Wilma Brooks, and Miss Faith Cox, for their encouragement and assistance. Row 1: GERLINE AKENS, HERSCHELL AKENS, REKA AKENS, EDMOND ALLMAN, LINDA AYRES, BILLY BLAN- TON, JIM BUCHANAN Row 2: CAROL CALLAHAN, EUGENE CLARKSTON, BILL COCHRAN, JOHNNY COLLINS, WAYNE COOMER, JIMMY DAVIDSON, SAMMY DAVIDSON Row 3: JACK DULANEY, BETTY SUE EDWARDS, TOMMY FLEENOR, DICKY FOGG, CAROLYN FUGATE, FRED GIBSON, CLAUDIA GILES, DENVER GLEASON, MARGARET GLEASON, ALMA HARTSOCK Row 4: EMORY HENLEY, BARBARA HOOD, CHARLES HORTON, ZELMA HORTON, KEITH JOHNSTON, JOYCE KELLY, LEE KELLY, JOYCE KIRK, CLARICE LANGREL, LINDA LINEBERG Row 5: PEGGY LIVESAY, PAULINE McCONNELL, GAIL McDANIEL, CHARLES MORGAN, RUTH POFF Row 6: DOROTHY POWERS, MARY PRICE, TEDDIE REASOR, BETTY RUTHERFORD, JUDY SANDERS Row 7: BETTY SLEMP, MARY ANN SMITH, PHYLLIS STANLEY, CHARLOTTE STURGILL, BRENDA TATE Row 8: BETTY WEBB, LEWIS WILLIAMS, CAROLYN WILSON, MARGIE WITT, MARTHA WREN Not Pictured: SUE BEGLEY, ANN ROGERS. Dropped: SUE CHEGWIN, TED DULANEY, LUTRICIA GRUBB, VERLA JO HORTON, GEORGIA NELL JOHNSON, JOHN THOMPSON. FRESHMAN CLASS CLASS OFFICERS President BILL POTTER Vice President CAROL DAUGHERTY Secretary PHILLIP GILLIAM Treasurer ROBERT SPEARS Sponsors MR. VERNON POLLY MR. CECIL MADDUX FRESHMAN HISTORY On August 23, 1955, seventy-three eager students filed into the two ninth-grade rooms. Our feeling was a curious mixture of sadness and eagerness. The sadness was due to the end of our summer holi- days. The eagerness was due to the anti cipation of our first year as high school students. We are very grateful to our sponsors. Coach Maddux and Coach Polly, for their leadership and guid- ance. We were very well represented in all the clubs of our school. Two of our students, Carol Daugherty and Mason Collier, made the All-State band. We look back with fond memories on the past year and its events. We look forward with high and sincere hopes to the coming years, desiring what we do will make our school a better one. Row 1: JIMMY HILL, EDWARD KEDZIERSKI, DONNA LEE KELLY, SUSAN KILBOURNE, JEAN KILGORE, KAY KISER, CAROL KNIGHT, MARY ALICE LANE Row 2: NANCY LAWSON, QUINTEN LASTER, MARTHA LEWIS, TOMMY LIGHT, NANCY LIVINGSTON, CARL LIVESAY, BOBBY MARRS, JANE MIDKIFF. Row 3: LELA MORELOCK, PATRICIA McQUERY, JOYCE MULVANEY, JENNY LYNN PANNELL, PHYLLIS PETERSON, BILLY POTTER, ANNA LOU REACH, BILLY REACH. Row 1: NANCY BALL, BETTY BALLENGEE. AUTHUR BLNTLY, MAUDINE BENEDICT, MARY BELL BENNETT, LOIS BLANTON, GENE CALLAHAN, ELIZABETH CARTER. Row 2: JANICE CLARK, NILA CLARK, JOYCE COCHRAN, MASON COLLIER, CAROL DAUGHERTY, HUELL DAUGHERTY, EVELYN DUNCAN, JOHNNY FISCHER Row 3: CHARLES FISHER, MARY FAYE FOWLER, PATRICIA GALLIHAR, PHILLIP GILLIAM, LA NETTE GOLDEN, JENELLE HERRON, PEGGY HERRON, JACK HORNER. Row 4: IRENE ROGERS, PATRICIA SALAITA, SANDY SANDT, AXLEY SPEARS, NORMA SPEARS Row 5: ROBERT SPEARS, CHARLOTTE STALLSWORTH, NITA STEPHENS. HENRY STIDHAM, BILL STONE Row 6: CHARLES UMBARGER, ANN WADE, ROGER WHITED, VIVIAN WHITED, PRES- TON WILLIAMS Row 7: BLAKE WILSON, DELORES WILSON, JOHNNY WILSON, HELEN WOLFINGER, DELORES WOODWARD Not Pictured: SHIRLEY COLLINS. BILL LILE, TED MESSER, HARVEY RIGGS, JEAN VAN- DERGRIFF, Dropped: BOBBY GALLOWAY, BILLY HICKS,. KATHRINE KELLY, LAWRENCE MARCUM, ANNA MARIE WITT, CAROLYN WOLF Left to Right, Row 1: Emogene Grubb, Nancy Sturgill, Ann Liddle, Mary Grace Reasor, Lee Roy Blanton, Ronnie Drake. Row 2: David Blevins, Ralph Kinsler, William Hood, Bobby Sturgill, Joe Smiddy, Rhonda Hall. Row 3: Mrs. Whitt, Betsy Banks, Joyce Bailey, Margaret Rhoten, Gereline Bentley, Shirley Witt, Jimmy Price. Row 4: Herman Quillen, Nathaniel Lawson, Wynn Rose, Dicky Johnson, Patricia Shuler, Jo Susan Hollyfield, ' Reida Rankin. Not Pictured: Dorothy Johnson, James Scott, and Eddie Carroll Stone. Buchanan, Howard, Witt, Redwine CLASS OFFICERS President PHIL BUCHANAN Vice President SHIRLEY WITT Secretary JACKIE HOWARD Treasurer JUDY REDWINE Sponsors MR. JACK H. GIBBS MISS MILDRED GILLIAM MISS HELEN HOWARD MRS. EVELYN WHITT Left to Right, Row 1: Kenneth Kelly, Phyllis Sturgill, Rebecca Grindstaff, Donnie Vandergriff, James Coffey, Johnnie Stevens. Row 2: Judy Redwine, Tony Hicks, Bernice Heath, David Parrish, Imogene Cooper, Shirley Miller, Wanda Wheeler. Row 3: Miss Howard, Roberta Ayres, Ronald Woodward, Ted Johnson, David Whittaker, Phil Buchanan, Dennis Langrel. Row 4: Harold Rutherford, Don Shetley, Pat Kelly, Benson Coffey, Navada Gibson, Phyllis Lane, Wanda Johnson, Betty Perry. Not Pictured: Jerry Wolfe. Left to Right, Row 1: Glen Ballangee, Johnny Porter, Eleanor Meade, Harold Eagle, Delores Messer, Ella Lane. Row 2: Fay Riggs, Nita Holding, Lucille Hobbs, Jimmy Baker, Jeannetta Faye Green, Brenda George, Patsy Riley. Row 3: Carolyn Messer, Billy Dean, Larry Carty, Larry Dye, Sammy Kiser, Geneva Carroll, Jean Brannock, Linda Gilmer. Row 4: Tyler Hash, Harold Thompson, Jack Baker, Don Mullins, Freddie Sturgill, Virginia Porter, Mr. Gibbs. Not Pictured: Pansy Pleasant. We, the students of the eighth grade, embarking upon our first year of four subjects, instead of seven, thought there would be time to waste. However, we were mistaken, because participation in school ac- tivities filled our seemingly empty day. The eighth grade class of this year was composed of ninty-nine students, several of which were active in the various clubs of our school. Our sponsors were Miss Howard, Mrs. Whitt, Miss Gilliam, and Mr. Gibbs. We realize there will be much hard work and many problems to face before our education is com- pleted, but we shall try to prepare ourselves to meet them. We are eagerly anticipating our high school years and hoping they will be happy, profitable, ones. Left to Right, Row 1: Ruben Allman, Robert Reasor, Earl Robinson, Bobby Miller, Jimmy McQuery, Bobby Stanley. Row 2: Ann Ayres, June Collier, Wanda Bishop, Glenna Smitherman, Stella Sanders, Emma Jean Collins. Row 3: Ronald George, Bobby Ruth, George Renfro, Robert Fraley, James Comer, Phyllis Carty. Row 4 : Miss Gilliam, William Taylor, Donnie Hensley, Barbara Smith, Rena Tomlinson, Billy Vandergriff, Jack Howard. Not Pictured: Damon Bolling, Jimmy Garrison, Virginia Porter, and Margaret Veary. £e t Mr. Stallard presents the Faculty gift to Miss Duncan Sue Liddle, Lily Orr, Brenda Youell and Carol Daugherty— Talent show winners. Jack Hill has just crowned the Haloween Carnival King and Queen. Patricia Salaita, Jane Midkiff, Johnny Carty, and Doug Mc- Daniel, members of the B. S. G. Band which went to Cin- cinnati, Ohio to hear Queen Elizabeth ' s Band. Chemistry lab— acidsl The Special Police J Roger Daugherty, Bill Wren, Keaster Grindstaff, Dean McQuery, Roy Laster, J. Lincoln Kiser, and Chester Palmer. r The nurses — Broadwater and Dingus at Faculty-Senior basketball game. wine, Mary Lou Johnston and Sue Liddle. Boys ' and Girls ' State Mr. Baker, our efficient Janitor. The boys in our government. Roger Daugh- erty, Lincoln Kiser, Bill Wren. Lion ' s Club choice for Bland Memorial Talent Contest — Brenda Tate — Bill Stone. Rebecca Grindstaff, Peggy Livesay, Barbara Hood, and Driving Instructor, Burchell Stallard. The Sofisticats — Brenda Tate, Bill Stone, Jackie Estep, Doug McDaniel, and Johnny Wilson. Valedictorian— Delores Hash Mary Lou Johnston receiving from Mr. Stallard a reward for her Keep Virginia Green poster. Mary Lou Johnston r ■ I m rf 1 ? 1 If ’ ' 1 V . - ■ - 1 OTI Left to Right, Majorettes: Donna Lee Kelly, Kay Kiser, Nita Giles, Joyce Cochran, Betty Sue Edwards, Sammy McChesney, Ann Edwards, Margaret Mumpower. Drum Major: Terry Slemp. Row 1: Gilbert Knight, Ronnie Drake, Howard Sandt, Josh Sandt, Carolyn Fugate, Doug McDaniel, Shirley Witt, Johnny Carty, Jack Campbell, Ann Liddle, Jane Midkiff, Gail McDaniel, Phyllis Fugate, Barbara Sini, Janice Rogers, Carolyn Sharp. Row 2: Donna Stuart, Betty Lovell, Vayne Hill, Freddie Nolen, Anna Lee Witt, Carol Knight, Faye Lovens, Rita Wolfinger. Row 3: Nancey Edmonds, Brenda Youell, Eddie Joe Duffy, Joe Smiddy, Mary Grace Reasor, Frances Livesay, Ann Broadwater, Patricia Lane, Jewell Johnson, Dicky Stone, Jo Susan Hoi lyfield, Jenny Lynn Pannell, Betty Cole, Mason Collier, Carol Neely, David Blevins, Sammy Halstead. Row 4: Maudine Benedict, John D. Williams, Charles Fugate, George Polly, Ralph Shuler, Jane Draper, Susan Kilbourne, Carol Daugherty, Claudia Giles, Patricia Salaita, Linda Ayres, Anna Lou Reach, Roger Daugherty, Sue Liddle, Jimmy Scott, Nathaniel Lawson, Jimmy Price. Row 5: Wynn Rose, Bill Stone, Dicky Johnson, Reida Rankin, Nancy Rush, Alice Darnell, Betsy Banks, Brenda Tate, Martha McKaughan, Joanne Macauley, Marian Reach, Johnny Wilson, Lawrence Clement, Phyllis Peterson, Joyce Bailey. Row 6: Bill Rogers, Jackie Estep, George Nave. ALL STATE Left to Right, Row 1: Martha McKaughan, Brenda Tate, Carol Daugherty, Mason Collier. Row 2: Joanne Macauley, Nancey Edmonds, Sue Liddle, Ronnie Drake. BcuiA DIRECTOR: MRS. SAM H. McCHESNEY OFFICERS: Captain, SUE LIDDLE; First Lieutenant, JOHNNY CARTY; Second Lieutenants, BRENDA YOUELL, NANCEY EDMONDS, and DOUGLAS McDANIEL; Sergeant Major, JOANNE MACAULEY. BAND APPEARANCES Home Football games U.M.W. Labor Day Parade, Appa- lachia Bristol Band Festival Three Christmas Parades Members in the All-State Band Con- cert at Norton Regional Competition Annual Spring Concert MAJORETTES Kelly, Kiser, Giles, Mumpower, A. Edwards, McChesney, B. Edwards, Cochran Drum Major — Terry Slemp In the summer, members of the band began their drill in preparation for the busy months ahead. They played for football games, both before the game and at the half. They went to the Bristol Band Festival, taking along a show in tribute to the Trail of the Lonesome Pine and returning with a Division II plaque. They marched for Christmas parades. Eight members were placed in the All-State Band, Western Division. The Band entered Regional Competition at Wythville and gave their annual Spring concert. Small groups played in programs at school and for various organizations. The band had a successful year, not so much in glory, as in valuable experience. Many thanks to Mr. Mac and J. G. Edens on the field, and our Mrs. Mac both on the field and on the concert stage. 4 Cochran, Slemp and majorettes lead the Band down the street the Band is coming Daugherty, Youell, Orr, and Liddle Ql e, CLuIr Director: JACK H. GIBBS Accompanist: CAROL DAUGHERTY Left to Right, Row 1: Sue Begley, Etta Johnson, Brenda Youell, Pog Mumpower, Lily Orr, Nancy Livingston, Peggy Herron, Nancy Rush, Sue Liddle, Rhea Ball, Jenny Pannell, Carol Knight, Shirley Reasor, Ann Edwards, Dorothy Barker, Ellen Hackney, Glenda Snodgrass Linda Ayres, Martha Wren, Nancy Mullins, Donna Kelly. Row 2: Toby Perdue, Nancey Edmonds, Brenda Tate, Teddie Reasor, Janice Redwine, Carolyn Fugate, Nancy Hagy, Carol Warf, Martha McKaughan, Joanne Macauley, Fonda Potter, Roberta Clark, Charlene Cox, Peggy Gleason, Lela Morelock, Shirley Isaac, Jane Midkiff, Phyllis Sizemore, Lois Blanton, Patricia Salaita, Gail McDaniel. Row 3: Johnny Fischer, Sandy Sandt, Billy Potter, Wayne Coomer, Jim Buchanan, Don Garri- son, Bucky Bentley, Bobby Dean, G. J. Johnson, Parky Tucker, Lincoln Kiser, Cammy Edmonds, Bill Cochran, Edmond Allman. Preston Williams, Johnny Carty, Roger Daugherty, Lee Kelly, Bobby Marrs, Mr. Gibbs (Director). Row 4 : Lewis Williams, Jimmy Hill, Sammy Davidson, Billy Stone, Johnny Dye, Bill Wren, Tommy Light, George Salaita, Jack Hill, Bob Taylor, Doug McDaniel, Bill Rogers, Dicky Fogg, Phillip ' Gilliam, Freddie Sturgill, Johnny Wilson, Roy Laster, Jackie Estep. Dye, Clark, Daugherty, Potter, and Wren Christmas Carolers Mr. Gibbs President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer ___. Sergeant-at-Arms OFFICERS ROGER DAUGHERTY JOHN DYE --- FONDA POTTER BILL WREN — . ROBERTA CLARK The Trio: Sue Liddle, Lily Orr, Brenda Youell GLEE CLUB APPEARANCES Caroling for Student Body Class Sermon Student Assembly Southlanders— Norton Band Boosters Concert Kiwanis Club TRIO APPEARANCES Kiwanis Ladies Night Foreign Students Banquet Appalachia Talent Show Dogwood Garden Club Rhododendron Garden Club Southlanders Concert in Abingdo. Spanish Club Play Farewell Service for Rev. Asbury Southlanders — Norton Band Boosters Concert D. E. Club Talent Show Appalachia Lions Club American Legion Ladies ' Night Kiwanis Escapades Left to Right, Row 1: Barbara Bentley, Nancey Edmonds, Glenda Snodgrass, Nancy Rush, Fonda Potter, Shirley Isaac, Carol Warf, Carol Neeley, Toby Perdue, Linda Lineberg. Row 2: Joanne Macauley, Nancy Hagy, Brenda Youell, Mary Alice Light, Betty Slemp, Janice Redwine, Shirley Reasor, Lois Blanton, Jenny Lynn Pannell, Teddie Reasor. Row 3: Lewis Williams, Johnny Dye, Johnny Wilson, Jack Campbell, Cammy Edmonds, Johnny Carty, Mr. Gibbs. Ca n VL Clair President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Sponsor OFFICERS BARBARA BENTLEY JOANNE MACAULEY .... NANCEY EDMONDS ... SHIRLEY REASOR JACK H. GIBBS For the average student in our school, as with students across the nation, no single event consumes so much discussion, so much pleasant speculation, nor such persistent relentless effort as a trip to Washington in the Spring of the senior year. To fill this need in our school the Camera Club has long since dedicated itself. By providing much of the necessary funds— through endless correspondence— in promotion and organization effort— it is no wonder that the Camera Club has become the hallmark of dreams of days gone by to our graduates and a sym- bol of glamorous expectancy to every boy and girl in the Big Stone Gap High School. For two weeks in January the Camera Club exhibited the National Photographic Contest winning prints in the library. The exhibit was loaned to us through the courtesy of the Eastman Company, Rochester, New York. Macauley, Bentley, Reasor, Edmonds Mr. Gibbs discusses the Washington trip with the Treasurer and the President. Cokes and Candy . . . lOtf each Left to Right: Roger Daugherty, Dorothy Barker, Shirley Williams, Janice Redwine, Johnny Carty, Shirley Reasor, Rena Gallihar, Mary Lou Johnston, Mary Helen Dalton, Shirley Isaac, Sue Liddle, John Dye, Carol Warf, Roy Laster, Ann Edwards, Charlene Cox, Carolyn Masters, Barbara Bentley, Cammy Edmonds, Delores Hash, Ellen Hackney, George Salaita, Mary Jane Messer, Margaret Mum- power, Emma ' Dingus, Mary Ruth Fraley, Josephine Noble, Anita Clark, Terry Slemp, Mary Alice Light, Roberta Clark, Paul Bennett. Laster, Carty, Warf, Daugherty, Bennett MEMBERS Shirley Ayres Dorothy Barker Paul Bennett Barbara Bentley Patsy Burke Johnny Carty Anita Clark Roberta Clark Charlene Cox Mary H. Dalton Emma J. Dingus Roger Daughterty Johnny Dye Cammy Edmonds Mary Ruth Fraley Rena Gallihar Bob Garrison Ann Edwards Shirley Will Jimmy Gilliam Ellen Hackney Delores Hash Shirley Isaac Mary Lou Johnston Roy Laster Sue Liddle Mary Alice Light Carolyn Masters Mary Jane Messer Pog Mumpower Josephine Noble Shirley Reasor Janice Redwine James Revilla George Salaita Terry Slemp Carol Warf iams THE CREW Navigator JOHNNY CARTY Conductor ROGER DAUGHERTY Baggage Master PAUL BENNETT Doctor ROY LASTER Nurse CAROL WARF Dingus A Left to Right, Row 1: Forrest McCoig, Larry Wright, Dan Buchanan, Don Giles, Herbert Reach, Bob Barker, Don Gilliam, Doug Dalton, J. E. Fugate, Stan Yonce, Bill Holding, Bob Hamblen, Dan True. Row 2: Pat Burdette, Dorothy Hash, Joanne Burke, Kathy Renshaw, Charlotte Reasor, Mickey Smith, Mr. Shirley Brooks, Miss Dingus, Mr. Gibbs, Virginia Miller, Mary Jane Lile, Eileen Body, Lynda Draper, Barbara Mumpower, Phyllis Taylor, Shelby Mumpower. President Eisenhower comes from Church We visit with the J. Roy Horne ' s in Wythville— 2:30 a.m. Atop Afton Mountain Burdette, Smith, and Draper Left to Right, Row 1: Pauline Fields, Betty Cole, Sue Chegwin, Miss Scott, Ann Edwards, Nancy Rush, Toby Perdue. Row 2: Sue Liddle, Rhea Ball, Brenda Youell, Martha McKaughan, Carolyn Masters, Sybil Dickinson, Ellen Hackney, Shirley Isaac, Lily Orr. Row 3: Kenneth Esteppe, Sammy Davidson, George Salaita, Buddy Anderson, Bill Cochran, Bill Rogers, Jack Estep, Johnny Carty. Tucker, Carty, Hackney, Isaac Workl OFFICERS President JOHNNY CARTY Vice-President PARKY TUCKER Secretary SHIRLEY ISAAC Reporter ELLEN HACKNEY Sponsor MISS BILLIE JEAN SCOTT Mary and Joseph . . Hackney and Carty El Toredor . . . Carty The Spanish Club, which is one of the most active clubs at B.S.G., has a membership of twenty-four students from the first and second year classes. Ann Edwards and John Dye are honorary members, already having completed two years of Spanish. On December 15, 1955, Los Conquistadores presented their fourth Christmas assembly program, Poco a Poco , (Take It Easy), with John Dye, Master of Ceremonies. As in previous programs, talented band members were greatly responsible for its success. The setting was in a Mexican restaurant which was invaded by three North American tourists. The floor show included the Mexican Hat Dance, Cisco and Pancho, Parky and Jerry, the cotton-pickin ' Spanish flute player, the Magnificient Toredor, and a baton act. The appearance of Santa Claus nearly caused a riot. Concluding the program, a Nativity scene with the Glee Club trio singing Silent Night in Spanish created an atmosphere of reverence for the Christmas season. In the Spring we had a fiesta and the first year members were for- mally initiated into the club. Spanish pins were awarded at this time tn second-year members. Tbman Clu r Adeste Fidelis Nancey Edmonds, Bill Stone, Accompanist . . . Fonda Potter Left to Right, Row 1: Charlotte Sturgill, Betty Rutherford, Claudia Giles, Donna Lee Kelly, Patricia Salaita, Carol Callahan, Mason Collier, Fonda Potter, Nancy Ball, Carol Daugherty, Susan Kilbourne, Janice Clark. Row 2: Betty Slemp, Martha Wren, Carolyn Fugate, Mary Price, Joanne Macauley, Brenda Tate, Teddie Reasor, Nancey Edmonds, Carol Knight, Nancy Hagy, Phyllis Turner, Libby Carter, Phyllis Peterson. Row 3: Miss Dingus, Don Garrison, Jim Buchanan, Denver Gleason, Lewis Williams, Dicky Fogg, Phillip Gilliam, Preston Williams, Billy Potter, Keith Johnston, Bobby Marrs, Sandy Sandt, Johnny Fischer. Honorary Members: Joanne Macauley, Don Garrison, Nancy Hagy, Phyllis Turner. Slemp, Peterson, Fogg, Potter OFFICERS President DICKY FOGG Vice-President ______ BILLY POTTER Secretary ______ ___ BETTY SLEMP Treasurer ______ PHYLLIS PETERSON Sponsor MISS LORA DINGUS The primary purpose of the Roman Club is to better acquaint its members with the Latin language and with the history, laws, customs, and peoples of the Roman Empire. The students who are currently enrolled in Latin are eligible for membership. At Christmas time the Club had a party in the library and twenty one new members were initiated. At a meeting in March the members of the second year class were presented with pins, issued by Junior Classical League. The sale of Tuberculosis and Easter seals in the school were projects of the Roman Club. Magistra Miss Dingus At the Halloween Carnival Top to Bottom— Vertical Column: J. Lincoln Kiser, Roger Daugherty, George Salaita, Dean McQuery, Kenneth Cooper, Johnny Carty, Bill Wren, Johnny Dye. Second Column: Buddy Anderson, Guy Buchanan, Bill Rogers, Bobby Dean, Don Garrison, Wayne Coomer, Jim Buchanan, Bill Cochran, Edmond Allman, Dicky Fogg, Lee Kelly. Not Pictured: Jack Hill and Parky Tucker. Key Chub OFFICERS President J. LINCOLN KISER Vice-President BUDDY ANDERSON Secretary KENNETH COOPER Treasurer JOHNNY DYE Sergeant-at-Arms ... ROGER DAUGHERTY Daugherty, Anderson, Kiser, Cooper, Dye March of Dimes . . . $270 The Big Stone Gap High School Key Club is a part of the Key Club International— a club sponsored by Kiwanis International for the key boys in high school, with the motto, We Build . The Key Club strives to prepare its members for good citizenship. Activities for the year included: assisting the Kiwanis in operating the concession at the annual Singing Convention; sponsoring the Southeast assembly programs; preparing and delivering ninety baskets for the needy at Christmas time; being in charge of the March of Dimes drive in school; and lining off the football field for home games. We were hosts for the Division X Convention held in March at Kingsport, Tennessee. Lieutenant Gover- nor, J. Lincoln Kiser, presided at the meeting. Delegates were sent to the Kentucky-Tennessee District Convention at Lexington, Kentucky on March 23 and 24. The social event, the Ninth Annual Charter-Night Banquet, was held at the Club House in March, his festive occasion, with a guest speaker was one to be remembered by the Key Clubbers and their guests. At this time the officers for the year, 1956-57 were announced. Much credit for another successful year of the Key Club goes to Mr. Bill Akers, Kiwanis Advisor, who was ever ready to give his advice and assistance. Key Clubbers and Guests 1955 Edition of Charter Night Banquet President R. Cooper and Lily Orr Hon. M. M. Long and Toastmaster, Shaggy ’ Christmas Program Left to Right, Row 1: Mary Lou Johnston. Row 2: Pauline McConnell, Toby Perdue, Betty Dulaney, Betty Rutherford. Row 3: Nancy Mullins, Linda Lineberg, Dorothy Barker, Betty Sue Edwards, Betty Slemp, Carol Callahan. Row 4: Miss Cox, Glenda Snodgrass, Linda Ayres, Nancey Edmonds, Charlene Cox, Brenda Tate, Charlotte Sturgill, Carolyn Fugate, Mrs. Brooks. Row 5: Pat Gallihar, Libby Carter, Norma Morelock, Joanne Macauley, Sybil Dickenson, Martha McKaughan, Nancv Hagy, Barbara Bentley, Anita Clark, Rena Gallihar, Gerline Akens. Not Pictured: Reba Riggs. Edmonds, Johnston, McKaughan, Perdue, Macauley, Clark, Hagy. OFFICERS President MARY LOU JOHNSTON Vice-President JOANNE MACAULEY Secretary ______ ;_ TOBY PERDUE Treasurer MARTHA McKAUGHAN Chaplain NANCY HAGY Reporter ANITA CLARK Historian NANCEY EDMONDS Sponsors MRS S. F. BROOKS MISS FAITH COX The purpose of a Hi-Y Club Is to create, maintain, and extend throughout the home, school, and com- munity, high standards of Christian Character. Its platform is clean speech, clean sportsmanship, clean scholarship, and clean living. The Lonesome Pine Hi-Y Club was organized this year with a charter membership of thirty. The Hi-Y Club of Big Stone Gap has sponsored chapel programs for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. A basket of food and clothing was collected for distribution to the needy during Christmas. An- other project of the club was the sponsorship of a clean-up drive in the school. The club owes much of its success to its advisors, Mrs. S. F. Brooks and Miss Faith Cox; and to the advisory Committee, Mr. Harley Stallard, Mr. Robert Whitt, Mrs. J. Lincoln Kiser, Sr., Mrs. G. C. Hunny- C. BASCOM SLEMP MEMORIAL LIBRARY BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA Left to Right, Row 1: Chester Palmer, Dean McQuery, Roy Lasfer. Row 2: Reba Riggs, Dorothy Barker, Mr. Dorton, Jack Hill, Mary Alice Light. Scenes from the Haloween Carnival Prize Costumes King and Queen, Laster and Vandergriff. Best Looking and Ugliest . . Tate and Buchanan V£. CU President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Editor Historian Parliamentarian Sponsor OFFICERS JACK HILL MARY ALICE LIGHT DOROTHY BARKER ROY LASTER REBA RIGGS DEAN McQUERY MR. PETE DORTON The purpose of D. E. is to teach students the art of dis- tribution and retailing. Its club is one of the most active in our school. The proceeds received from its chief projects. The Hal- loween Carnival and the talent show, were used for: a scholarship fund to send representatives to the State con- ventions, and to finance an outing in the spring. This fall a two-hundred dollar scholarship will be availa- ble for a deserving D. E. student. This amount he may borrow and repay. The plans are to increase the Scholar- ship Fund by an equal amount each year for the next few years. In May there was an outing at Hungry Mother Park. All the clubs in the district met there for a day of celebration. Dorothy Barker attended the State Convention in Rich- mond. Much of the credit for a successful year goes to its co- ordinator, Mr. Pete Dorton. Morelock, Gallihar and Ayres. The Vocational Office Training Club sponsored by Miss Beth Siphers, held its first meeting in September to elect the following officers: President RENA GALLIHAR Vice-President FAY JOHNSON Secretary PATSY BURKE Treasurer NORMA MORELOCK The objective of this club is to prepare girls for a better position in the field of busi- ness. A knowledge in the use of Duplicating Machines, Adding Machines, Calculators, the Desk Bookkeeping Machine, the Dictating and Transcribing Machine, and Manuel and Electric Typewriters is gained during the year. Funds to sponsor our trip to the University of Tennessee Business Department and the Smoky Mountains were obtained by several bake sales, making and selling costume jewelry at Christmas, and participating in the Halloween Carnival. Sitting: Clarice Langrel, Anita Clark. Standing: Gerline Akens, Josephine Noble, Roberta Clark, and Reka Akens. President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Reporter Program Chairman Typist Historian Sponsor OFFICERS GERLINE AKENS JOSEPHINE NOBLE ROBERTA CLARK REKA AKENS CLARICE LANGREL LA NETTE GOLDEN BARBARA BENTLEY .... ANITA CLARK MRS. KATHLEEN HORNE The Future Homemakers of America is an organization of girls taking Home Economics or those who have taken Home Economics. One of the main purposes of the club is to help the girls understand the true value of a happy home. The goals for this year were: 1. To promote a better understanding of F. H. A. 2. To promote appreciation and understanding of homes here and abroad. 3. To understand how F.H.A. can contribute to our lives now and in the future. 4. To contribute to the school and community through F.H.A. Ac- tivities. The Luncheon Christmas for the underprivileged. Left to Right, Row 1: Betty Slemp, Carol Warf, Roberta Clark, Mary Helen Dalton, Rena Gallihar. Row 2: Betty Webb, Josephine Noble. Row 3: La Nette Golden, Anita Clark, Joyce Kirk, Joan Lambert, Emma Jean Dingus. Row 4: Verla Jo Horton, Gerline Akens, Susan Kilbourne, Phyllis Stanley, Patsy Burke, Reka Akens, Linda Lineberg, Glenda Snodgrass, Peggy Livesay, Clarice Langrel, Mary Ann Smith, Judy Sanders. Row 5: Mrs. Horne, Brenda George, Jean Brannock, Virginia Porter, Patsy Riley, Lucille Hobbs. Left to Right, Row 1: Mr. Giggs, Lee Kelly, Johnny Wilson, Dicky Fogg, Freddie Sturgill, Lincoln Kiser, Palmer, Bill Potter, Jimmy Garrison, Gary Potter. Row 2: Margaret Mumpower, Dona Kelly, Toby Perdue, Carol Neely, Judy Redwine, Carol Warf, Nancy Hagy, Charlene Cox, Mary Helen Dalton, Betty Sue Edwards Ann Rogers, Carol Daugherty, Shirley Reasor, Sue Liddle, Rhea Ball. Captain MARGARET (Pog) MUMPOWER Lieutenant RHEA BALL Sponsor MR. JACK H. GIBBS Louie and Cap The Safety Patrol which was organized to promote safety has done an excellent job in preventing accidents. The duties of the members of this organization a re to direct pupils across the street at noon and after school and to ride the school bus in order to assist the pupils crossing the highways when they are unloaded at their destinations. Hagy, Kelly and Liddle on duty Duty at the school gate Just before the bell rings Left to Right, Row 1: Tommy Light, Johnny Dye, Lee Kelly, Jim Buchanan, Wayne Coomer, Scotty Combs, Emory Henley, Roy Palmer, Freddie Sturgill, Preston Williams. Row 2: Bill Wren, Don Garrison, Roy Laster, Jim Davidson, Chester Palmer, Dean McQuery, Bobby Dean, Don Bush, Donnie Hensley, Bucky Bentley, Axley Spears, Bill Cochran, Jackie Estep, Lewis Williams. Row 3: Coach Stallard, Parky Tucker, Bill Lile, Buddy Anderson, Jack Hill, Lincoln Kiser, Robert Spears, Guy Buchanan, Dicky Fogg, Sonny Salaita, Phillip Gilliam, Roger Daugherty, Coach Maddux. Not Pictured: Edmond Allman. v ■ •I r All District: Buddy Anderson, J. Lincoln KiseO ' chet Palmer, Roy Laster, and Dean McQuery. Managers: Williams and Wren BSG BSG BSG BSG BSG BSG BSG BSG BSG Gate City Jonesville Clintwood East Stone St. Paul Wise Coeburn Pennington Appalachia Captain Palmer greets the Bulldog Captain Jhe Coaches talk it over After losing eleven players by graduation last year, the Buccaneers managed to roll up a very suc- cessful season with six victories and three losses. We traveled to Gate City and took a 20-0 victory for our first game. This game stood at a standstill for almost two quarte rs until we recovered a fumble on the one yard line and made our famous 99-yard drive. We won 41 -6 over Jonesville in our second game. We entered the game a little overconfident but woke up rather abruptly after Jonesville romped over the goal line on the second play of the game. The next week we received a staggering 46-0 defeat which we will never forget from the Clintwood Green Wave. Clintwood, out to get revenge for their defeat from us the year before, never let up for one minute with a fighting spirit and determination to win which will probably not be equaled by any other team in District VIII for years to come. With Palmer out most of the game due to injuries and moral running low. East Stone handed us a 27-6 defeat. Using the regular eleven for only seven minutes we walked away from St. Paul with a 33-0 victory after playing on a sea of mud. With hopes high we combined all of our efforts in working towards the Wise game. With the rain coming down and the ball floating all over the field the Indians turned us back 26-7 after receiving most of the breaks in a hard fought battle. A tough game followed the next week, but we emerged sucessfully over the Coeburn Blue Knights 13-0. The Pennington Gap eleven were all fired up for their homecoming game but we put the flame out and defeated them 14-12. To complete the season successfully we defeated our arch-rival, the Appalachia Bulldogs, by stomping them 32-0 in a game in which we were considered the underdogs. The Bucs placed more players on the All-District team than any other team in District VIII. Chet Palmer, quarterback, Bull Anderson, fullback, and Tubby McQuery, guard, made the first team on defense and offense while Velvet Laster, halfback, made the defensive team. Burmo Kiser made se- cond team at the end position. The usual starting line-up consisted of center. Parky Tucker; right guard, Dean McQuery; left guard, George Salaita or Roger Daugherty; right tackle, Guy Buchanan or Dicky Fogg; left tackle. Bill Lile; right end, Lincoln Kiser; left end, Phillip Gilliam; quarterback, Jimmy Davidson; and fullback, Buddy Anderson. We feel that we owe a great deal of gratitude to our head coach, Burchell L. Stallard, and our assis- tant coach, Cecil Maddux, for their untiring efforts in making this a successful season on the gridiron for the Bucs. Playing Their Last Year for Big Stone Gap Row 1: Buddy Anderson, Lincoln Kiser, Jack Hill, Roger Daugherty. Row 2: Jimmy Davidson, John Dye, Roy Laster, Chester Palmer, Dean McQuery, George Salaita. J3aJ J2t6uIl Girls Coach BURCHELL STALLARD Boys Coach VERNON POLLY Left to Right, Row 1: Phyllis Sizemore, Nancy Hagy, Mary Ruth Fraley, Norma Morelock, Fonda Potter, Mary Alice Light, Reka Akens, Roberta Clark, Pog Mumpower, Lela Morelock, Brenda Tate, Nancy Livingston, Toby Perdue, Donna Kelly, Betty Dulaney. Row 3: Nancey Edmonds (Manager), Coach Stallard. Pog takes a high one Fraley takes the ball SCHEDULE BSG 35 Wise 44 BSG 0 St. Paul 1 BSG 25 East Stone 42 BSG 26 Wise 39 BSG 49 Norton 31 BSG 41 East Stone 52 BSG 48 Coeburn 58 BSG 50 Norton 32 BSG 41 Appalachia 34 BSG 31 Appalachia 43 BSG 34 Coeburn 43 BSG 27 Pound 42 BSG 59 Pound 57 BSG 39 St. Paul 35 Forfeited Ah, November! A young girl ' s fancy turns to basketball. With the exit of football, basketball makes its entrance. On the first day. Coach Stallard found a group of girls eager to play ball. Each game had its moments of excitement but the one that shall long be remembered was the one with Pound (the undis- puted County champs if they defeated BSG). We won this game 49-47. All the girls lettered. But the starting line-up usually consisted of Pog Mumpower, Tootsie Morelock, Roberta Clark, Norma Morelock, Mary Alice Light, and Mary Ruth Fraley. Nancey Ed- monds served as a very able manager. Although, there will be no girls ' basketball next year, the girls look back over the previous years— the gym shoes, the happiness of victory, the sadness of defeat, blue and gold, and those un- forgettable basketball trips. Many fond memories remain with them of what has been in girls ' basketball. Jt JH jjjfiB H 1 llliik ' W «| T ■0SQ- L BSg ¥ vs . T Be G r aI A i S JW Left to Right, Row 1: Ronald Coomer (Manager), Coach Polly. Row 2: Sandy Sandt, Wayne Coomer, Bucky Bentley, Edmond All- man, Johnny Collins, Lincoln Kiser, Buddy Anderson, Dicky Fogg, Freddie Sturgill, Jack Horner, Chester Palmer, Billy Potter, Zero hour Jim Buchanan. SCHEDULE BSG 39 St. Paul 42 BSG 53 Wise 74 BSG 51 East Stone Gap 63 BSG 42 Norton 59 BSG 33 Appalachia 67 BSG 71 Pound 110 BSG 48 St. Paul 54 BSG 33 Wise 65 BSG 41 East Stone Gap 52 BSG 41 Norton 59 BSG 34 Coeburn 69 BSG 46 Appalachia 69 BSG 32 Coeburn 53 BSG 45 Pound 68 BSG 39 Ervington 76 Tournament Many eager boys reported to the gym for the first basketball workout. After weeks of practice, the team began to take shape and the season was under way. The starting line up usually consisted of Buddy Anderson, cen- ter; Bucky Bentley and J. Lincoln Kiser, forwards; and Chester Palmer and Wayne Coomer, guards. Losing games did not affect the Ole Fightin ' spirit of our team. Although winning these games would have meant a lot to the boys, however, the fun of playing the game meant more. The boys who lettered were: Buddy Anderson, Wayne Coomer, Lincoln Kiser, Chester Palmer, Bil ly Potter, Bucky Bentley, and Ronald Coomer, Manager. We are very proud of our coach, Vernon Polly, who took a personal interest in each and every boy. Captain Anderson Palmer (7) takes a rebound ! a Cheerleaders Shirley Isaac, Fonda Potter, Roberta Clark, Carol Warf, and Mary Ruth Fraley Buccaneer Team! Buccaneer Team! How we love thy name Palmer on the loose Laster scores Bucs score Student cheering section Chet scores — Bull makes 33— Kiser and Salaita team up Bucs after a Blue Knight in fiction Spectators Andersor ' Chet drives scores Rebound — Morelock Perdue stretches Dulaney has it ' the move Guard ' em. Potter Left to Right, Row 1: Phyllis Sizemore, Toby Perdue, Peggy Herron, Donna Lee Kelly, Pog Mumpower, Mary Ruth Fraley. Row 2: Nancy Livingston, Norma Morelock, Lela Morelock, Fonda Potter, Roberta Clark, Reka Akens, Mary Light, Nancy Hagy, Carol Warf, Shirley Isaac, Brenda Tate, Nancey Edmonds. Row 3: Roy Laster, John Dye, Don Garrison, Phillip Gilliam, Coach Stallard, George Salaita, Dean McQuery, Jim David- son, Bill Wren. Row 4: Chester Palmer, Bucky Bentley, Guy Buchanan, Buddy Anderson, J. Lincoln Kiser, Jack Hill, Bill Lile, Marvin Tucker, Bill Cochran, Ronald Coomer, Roger Daugherty, Billy Potter, Wayne Coomer. Not Pictured: Dicky Fogg. {JanAjiy CluJr Wren, McQuery, Anderson, Palmer OFFICERS President DEAN McQUERY Vice-President CHESTER PALMER Secretary-Treasurer BUDDY ANDERSON Sergeant-at-Arms BILL WREN Sponsor MR. BURCHELL STALLARD The Varsity Club is composed of those students who have earned letters in football, basketball, or as cheerleaders or managers. This year, being the last year of interscholastic girls basketball, all the girls were awarded letters if they had been out for ball for three previous years. They were also allowed to join the club. The Varsity Club is an honorary club and one of which the school can be proud. The King of the 1956 Prom JACK HILL Scenes from the Junior-Senior Prom The Queen of the 1956 Prom MARGARET MUMPOWER 1955 EDITION OF THE JUNIOR-SENIOR PROM Warf, Renshaw, McCoig (King), Kiser, Orr (Queen), Mumpower, and Johnson Betty Orr and Forrest McCoig are crowned Queen and King of the Junior-Senior Prom The night of fun and frolic, took place April 29, in the gymnasium with music furnished by Marion Mercer ' s Orchestra. The Junior Class President, J. Lincoln Kiser, was master of ceremonies. The Queen ' s Senior attendants were Kathy Renshaw and Shelby Mumpower, and Carol Warf and Faye Johnson presented them with their bouquets. ! MOST DEPENDABLE Joanne Macauley Jack Campbell Supje ilc e MOST ATHLETIC Pog Mum power Chester Palmer FRIENDLIEST Shirley Isaac Jack Campbell _Suj2J3AJjCU e± MOST COURTEOUS Mary Lou Johnston Roger Daugherty LAZIEST Nancy Rush Jimmy Davidson BEST LOOKING Chester Palmer Nancy Mullins 1955 EDITION OF BIG STONE GAP HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Processional — Triumphal March .. FRANCIS THOME DAISY CHAIN Class Song-.- There ' s No Business Like Show Busir Salutatory Sawdust and Spangles President ' s Remarks Giftorian Valedictory BERLIN . CHARLOTTE REASOR CLASS OF ' 55 ..... RUSSELL COOPER LARRY WRIGHT KATHRINE RENSHAW SAWDUST AND SPANGLES Tonight the Class of 1955 will take you to the Circus. Under the Big Top the happiest make believe of all will be the spark that the cast has tried to capture for you. It will be the last full moment of being just boys and girls again. For you it will be a joyous, racing, fleeting panorama of those events which have brightened your lives since you can remember. There is no business like show business and there is no business quite like the Circus. . . . The Class of 55 salutes you. Ringmqster Russell Cooper along with Exotic Dancers (From the Harem of King Ab-domen) Nila Lambert, Shelby Mumpower, Phyllis Taylor The Wild Man (From the Jungles of South Cadet) DAN TRUE Davy Crockett .... DON GILLIAM Pagliacco 1 Hernando the Magician (From his Hideaway) Circus Queens in Balloon Ballet Eileen Body, Patricia Burdette, Jo Ann Burke, Florence Cochran, Shirley Collins, Lynda Draper, Dorothy Hash, Suzanne Jessee, Margaret Ann Jones, Nila Lambert, Ruth Lawson, Mary Jane Lile, Virginia Miller, Barbara Mumpower, Shelby Mumpower, Betty Orr, Charlotte Reasor, Katharine Renshaw, Mary Rutherford, Myra Smith, Margie Stanley, Phyllis Taylor, Phyllis Tomlinson, Jeri Ann Wells, Shirley Wolfe, Ann Yeary. Wish I Wuz ENSEMBLE Patricia Burdette, Lynda Draper, Dorothy Hash, Suzanne Jessee, Nila Lambert, Virginia Miller, Barbara Mumpower, Shelby Mumpower, Betty Orr, Charlotte Reasor, Katharine Renshaw, Myra Smith, Phyllis Taylor, Jeri Wells, Dan Buchanan, Russell Cooper, Douglas Dalton, J. E. Fugate, III, Don Giles, Bob Hamblen, Bill Holding, III, Forrest Mc- Coig, Frank Pannell, Dan True, Philmore Tucker, Larry Wright, Stan Younce. The Flying Fourteen Danny Buchanan, Don Giles, Bob Hamblen, Bill Holding, Forrest McCoig, Buddy McQuery, Frank Pannell, Johnny Quillen, Herbert Reach, Martin Revilla, Phill Tucker, Larry Wright, Stan Younce. Finale _ ENTIRE CAST Roustabouts, Clowns, Popcorn and Balloon Vendors Bob Barker, Dan Buchanan, Don Giles, Harvey Graham, Frank Pannell, Johnny Quillin, Larry Wright. Senior Members of the Band Doug Dalton, J. E. Fugate, III, Pat Burdette, Lynda Draper, Katharine Renshaw, Myra Smith. GIBSON LUMBER COMPANY APPALACHIA, VIRGINIA Everything to Build With Phone 117 Best Wishes to the Graduating Class KING STUDIO It has been a pleasure working with you on this Annual PHONE 488 APPALACHIA, VIRGINIA OLD DOMINION POWER COMPANY, INC. Big Stone Gap, Virginia INTERSTATE RAILROAD COMPANY ANDOVER, VIRGINIA GILLY ' S JEWELERS Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA RILEY ' S COFFEE SHOP We doze but never close Dick Marge Ingerick BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA THE RECORD SHOP The Latest in All Records, Sheet Music, Radios, Phonographs, and Gifts Phone 84 Big Stone Gap Virginia Beauty and the Beast CARMINES A Friendly Welcome A Delightful Snack Linger Awhile and Hurry Back WISE CONCRETE CORPORATION READY MIXED CONCRETE Concrete At Its Best Delivered As You Like It SAND STONE CEMENT MORTAR DRAINTILE SEWER PIPE Phone 27 Phone 328 Big Stone Gap, Virginia Norton, Virginia APPALACHIA INSURANCE AGENCY J. LINCOLN KISER, SR., Manager S. RUSH HORNE, Assistant Manager Appalachia, Virginia BOTT ' S DRUG and VARIETY STORE We fill any doctor ' s prescription Phone 117 Big Stone Gap Virginia STEWART ' S MEN SHOP Everything for the Man Big Stone Gap Virginia MATZ DEPARTMENT STORE SOUTHWEST INSURANCE AGENCY A. L. WITT, President Phone 114 Big Stone Gap, Virginia £ V if - Bn ISAAC ' S BARGAIN STORE Outfitters for the family Big Stone Gap, Virginia SOUTHERN STATES, INC. Feed - Seed - Fertilizers and Candidate for West Point Roger Daugherty Farm Supplies COUGHLIN ' S GARAGE and HARLEY DAVIDSON SALES CO. Day and Night Wrecker Service Willys Jeeps— International Trucks— Harley - Davidson Motorcyles East Fifth Street Phone: Day— 282-J Big Stone Gap, Virginia Night— 487 or 789 There is no substitute for our entertainment BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF APPALACHIA, VIRGINIA The Bank of Friendly Service Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation DAIRY BAR DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT SHORT ORDERS - SANDWICHES - MILK SHAKES - SUNDAES CURB SERVICE Phone 974 Big Stone Gap Virginia Ice Cream Pasteurized Milk A Health Food SALYER CANDY COMPANY MAKING VIRGINIA SWEETER Complete Line of Candy and Notions Distributors of SCHRAFFT ' S CHOCOLATES East Fifth Street Big Stone Gap — 130 BOTTLED AND DISTRIBUTED BY the PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF NORTON, INC. ROYAL LAUNDRY COMPANY, INC. ☆ ☆ Sanitone Dry Cleaners There ' s a Difference ☆ ☆ Big Stone Gap, Virginia McCORKLE LUMBER COMPANY Retail Lumber and Building Supplies 1902 Third Avenue Phone 600 Big Stone Gap Virginia DAUGHERTYS ' GROCERY Phone 299 Big Stone Gap Virginia GENERAL SUPPLY AUTOMOBILE JOBBERS KILBOURNE MOTOR COMPANY • Phone 176 Big Stone Gap, Virginia Big Stone Gap Virginia BIG STONE E ,! ESSO STATION §M. - JRtf Teachers Have Fun Too! PAUL B. QUILLEN, Mgr. SMITTY ' S BARGAIN STORE Big Stone Gap Virginia Shoes and Clothes for the entire Family Big Stone Gap, Virginia KELLY MOTOR COMPANY JAMES B. KELLY, Owner Authorized Dealers Plymouth, Dodge Cars and Trucks Phone 185 Big Stone Gap, Virginia SYLVIA ' S SHOPPE THOMPSON ' S Big Stone Gap, Virginia Recreation and Refreshments Phone 438 STONEY THOMPSON, Owner Big Stone Gap, MARTINS GROCERY Virginia Delivery Service Phone 966 Big Stone Gap, Virginia LEGG MOTOR SALES AND LEGG TOURIST STATION MUTUAL JOE ' S FRUIT MARKET Fresh Fruits and Vegetables PHARMACY Big Stone Gap, Virginia Prescription Specialists BIG STONE GAP FEED STORE Big Stone Gap, Virginia Buy Purina Chows KELLY CHEVROLET SALES CHEVROLET AND OLDSMOBILE SALES AND SERVICE Its smart to own an Olds G. M. . PARTS Phone 1 Big Stone Gap Virginia APPALACHIA ESSO STATION HERFF - JONES COMPANY Designers and manufacturers of School JOHN O. YOUELL, Manager and College jewelry Graduation Announcements Medals Cups Trophies Phone 629 Indianapolis, Indiana ROY A. GREEN FUNERAL HOME Dependable Service-Ambulance Service Phone Appalachia 220 day or night 317 Kilbourne Avenue Opposite the Baptist Church Our 25th Anniversary this year COLLIER ' S STYLE SHOP Where Style and Value Count Most Phone 572 509 Main Street Appalachia, Virginia POWELL FURNITURE M. D. COLLIER AND FURNITURE CORPORATION Appalachia JEWELRY COMPANY Pennington Gap G. E. Appliances Big Stone Gap HALF A CENTURY Phone 8 of Big Stone Gap, Virginia dependable service COUNTRY BOY DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT Country boy Sandwich Phone 94 Located on Pleasure Island Big Stone Gap Virginia MOONEY ' S TIRE SHOP Phone 231 Big Stone Gap, Virginia LONG ' S GARAGE Big Stone Gap, Virginia Physics Class goes to Oak Ridge MIKE ' S Everything For You At My Store Phone 100 Big Stone Gap Virginia STONEGA COKE AND COAL STONE AND MADDOX COMPANY RETAIL STORES GULF DISTRIBUTOR DERBY EXETER DUNBAR RODA GULF OIL CORPORATION The Andover Shopping Center Big Stone Gap, Everything for the home Virginia CENTRAL SUPPLY COMPANY of VIRGINIA, INCORPORATED Phone Appalachia Andover Virginia Main Office - 116 Sales Office - 119 DAVE ' S DEPARTMENT STORE HOME OF HONEST VALUES Phone 692 Appalachia Virginia L. A. PIERCE Selected Groceries Fresh Meats FEEDS AND COUNTRY PRODUCE Big Stone Gap, Virginia We Deliver Phone 145-J We Give Prompt Service to Phone Orders L M SERVICE STATION J. W. LEGGE AND W. C. MARRS K. M. DRY CLEANERS TEXACO PRODUCTS Phone 564 Phone 9 Big Stone Gap, Virginia Big Stone Gap, Virginia FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDERS SUPPLY COMPANY Big Stone Gap, Virginia Blocks - Plywood - Lumber All Building Materials Member Federal Deposit Insurance M. S. QUESENBERRY, JR. Corporation Back of the Southern Depot J. B. WAMPLER, President Phone 3-W Make Our Bank Your Bank Big Stone Gap, Virginia fullers Sweet Sixteen? ? ? LESTER ' S SUPER MARKET Appalachia ' s one-stop food center where you save two ways. Low prices and Famous S H Green Stamps Appalachia, Virginia HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS . . . Prepare for a ca- reer instead of a job. Train for a spe- cial goal at NA- TIONAL . . . where futures are formed. ☆ • ACCOUNTING • SECRETARIAL ☆ Visit Anytime Register Anytime Start Anytime CAREER CLASSES NOW FORMING NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE The Progressive Business School Knoxville 12, Tenn. F.H.A. Initiation Setting the stage for the Glee Club SAY IT WITH FLOWERS NORTON FLORAL COMPANY Cut Flowers - Bouquets - Floral Designs FRANK J. HORSEMAN, Manager Norton and Appalachia, Virginia There’s nothing like giving folks what they want [ COCA -ecu COMPANY Of ELECTRIC APPLIANCE COMPANY HOLDING FUNERAL HOME FRIGIDAIRE Ambulance Service Sales and Service Phone 758 Phone 470 O. S. BARKER, Manager Big Stone Gap, Virginia Big Stone Gap, Virginia SHARP ' S OFFICE SUPPLY Phone 601 DONALDSON INSURANCE AGENCY Norton, Virginia Sales and Service Typewriters Adding Machines Calculators FIRE AUTO LIFE BONDS Equipment Supplies Appalachia, Virginia VIRGINIA WHOLESALE COMPANY Bakery Department Distributors of: Hecht ' s Products FFV Products and Brock Candy Big Stone Gap, Virginia HOLBROOK FURNITURE COMPANY Furniture - Sewing Machines - Rugs - Antiques Big Stone Gap, Virginia Phone 58 Stores on East Fifth Street and Wood Avenue We are proud to be the Lithographers of this fine Annual and we wish to compliment the School Bell Staff for a job well done! HOWARD - DUCKETT COMPANY Printers and Lithographers Kingsport, Tennessee For Reference Not to be taken from this room Ate. r M W '